Here's a set of English speaking musicians in France that we think you'll want to discover. Three of our selection of rising musicians in France are female Americans. They offer distinctly different styles all inspiring and uplifting. Our fourth selection is a British expat who has just wrote his first song in French.
Emma Doucet Having grown up with a father as a musician, Emma has been singing and listening to music since she was born. During her years of traveling the world, she developed a capacity to sing divinatory songs. People, places and intentions create these songs. Sometimes you recognize the name of an ancestor, the spirits of a culture, trees or other familiar words. Sometimes words are not understandable and only vibrations and syllables can be felt. Emma performs spontaneous melodies or classics in her sweet airy voice. She's a multi-talent musician with a special love for the guitar, the Celtic harp, the voice and percussion. She performs…The Prix Goncourt, France’s prestigious literary prize
The Prix Goncourt, France's prestigious literary prize
The Prix Goncourt is a French literary prize given each year to an outstanding work in prose. Usually, novels are preferred. It is the most prestigious literary award in France and in literary circles it is considered the French equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize and it was awarded on November 4th this year. The prize is named after the Goncourt brothers, Edmond and Jules, known as art critics and writers of novels and diaries in the 19th century. Their relationship was quite unique, they not only never spent a day apart in their life, called themselves Juldemond and claimed to be twins (although they were born eight years apart) but they also wrote together all of their novels and non-fiction and even their journal, which they wrote using the « dual dictation » technique, where one brother dictated to the other. Their style of writing was so similar that it was impossible to tell which brother wrote a particular passage. T…
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Remembrance Day in Paris
Royal British Legion Paris Branch Remembrance Day Ceremony in Paris, 11th November, 14h30
The Royal British Legion Paris Branch will be holding the annual 11th November Remembrance Day Ceremony at Les Invalides (Eglise Saint Louis) in Paris at 15h00, for the English speaking community. All are welcome. Everyone must be seated by 14h30.
For security reasons, visitors need to register by the 3rd November via the following email address: janetwarby@yahoo.com
This Remembrance Day Ceremony has been held in Paris by the Royal British Legion every year since 1924, (apart from the War years). The tradition was started by the unveiling of the British Commonwealth Memorial Plaque in Notre Dame Cathedral by HRH The Prince of Wales in 1924. This Ceremony was conducted in the presence of the President of France, Monsieur Gaston Doumergues and Marshall Foch.
For those wishing to obtain a Poppy for Remembrance Day, RBL Poppy boxes have been distributed in different locations arou…
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Australian Lustre by Trent Mitchell
an exhibition at the Australian Embassy in Paris
Trent Mitchell’s iconic roadtrip series makes a stop in Paris for its first-ever exhibition showing.
PHOTO Australia in partnership with the Australian Embassy in Paris is pleased to announce Australian Lustre, a solo exhibition by Australian photographer Trent Mitchell.
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Trent Mitchell (b.1979), who has been photographing professionally for two decades, has a narrative approach to his work, focusing on the environment in the broadest possible sense. Although best known for his water photography, he has also gained a reputation for his wry yet sensitive take on the manmade world, zeroing in on its various idiosyncrasies and contradictions. On both personal and assigned projects, his work is identified by an ability to not only compose his subject but distil the sensibility of the location and give a connection to place.
Working across digital and film, in both black and white and c…
Maigret and Columbo
Following up on our article in which we presented three American cultural icons that in fact were French creations we now turn to Maigret and Columbo, two famous detectives of book and film. Was the American Columbo inspired from French Maigret? Well, Maigret certainly came first in time and Columbo certainly shares quite a few of his characteristics plus he has a French car!
The son of Georges Simenon, the author of the Maigret series, says that because his father wouldn’t sell the rights for Maigret, Columbo was created as a different character but inspired by the famous Maigret. Maybe that’s why Columbo drives a Peugeot that winks back towards Maigret and Paris.
John Simenon is quoted in 2016 :
« Les explications d'Alain Sachs, qui a interprété Le Petit Docteur [another Maigret character] à la télévision française, sont peut-être un peu approximatives, mais c'est bien à la suite d'un refus de mon père de céder les droits du personnage du Petit Docteur, comme de Maig…
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Our favorite 10 Lesser Known Museums in Paris
Whether you are a tourist or a Parisian, you have most definitely visited museums such as Le Louvre or Le Musée d'Orsay. Yes, they are absolutely gorgeous and definitely worth a visit but we are lucky enough to also have some hidden treasures in Paris - over 100 all-but-unknown museums! Not only you can discover some amazing things but also a lot of them are free or inexpensive and you don't have to queue for hours to get in! It's also fun to do non-touristy things and explore less famous spots in a city.
Here is a list of 10 lesser known museums in Paris that are definitely worth checking out!
1) Le Musée Cognacq-Jay
The museum's collection was formed by Théodore-Ernest Cognacq and his wife Marie-Louise Jay, founders of the iconic department store La Samaritaine. At his death, Cognacq gave the collection to the City of Paris. The museum is located in the Hôtel Donon in the Marais, where the collection is displayed in twenty paneled rooms in the styles of Louis XV and Loui…
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Two Paris expos you don’t want to miss this month
Ode to Joy
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Judith Bluysen, a relapsed street photographer now shooting in Paris, presents her work the last weekend of May in a collective show with 65 other artists. She is the author of several photography articles on the FUSAC site and the former owner of the American Grocery and Restaurant that we all loved, Thanksgiving.
In the late 1980’s Judith arrived in Paris, 34 years old, with 15 years of New York City in her baggage, two cats and a French husband by her side. She’d sold her darkroom equipment and stored her artwork and photos in her parents’ attic, and was allowing herself one year to decide how to remake her life. Expectation exists even in unplanned lives, and rarely unroll as envisioned. After that first year they were faced with returning to New York or finding the means to remain in Paris. Determined to stay, they created and nurtured a retail business for over 25 years. As online sales in their sector caught on, J…Paris Opera Quiz
Just for fun, test yourself on your knowledge of the Paris Opera Garnier...
1. The Paris Opera Garnier has 1900 seats A. true B. false
2. The crystal chandelier weighs A. 4 tons B. 8 tons C. 10 tons
3. The Opera Garnier is the... A. 1st B. 10th C. 13th ...opera house in Paris
4. The Opera Garnier was constructed under which leader A. Napoléon III B. Louis XIV C. Napoléon 1er
5. Charles Garnier, whose name is still attached to the building was the architect who won the contest to design the opera. He was A. 55 years old B. 40 years old C. 35 years old
6. The French opera and ballet were founded in 1669 by Louis XIV A. True B. False
7. The Grand staircase is made of A. alabaster B. several kinds of marble C. granite
8. The Opera Garnier offers guided tours daily. A. True B. False
9. The other Opera in Paris is called the Opéra Bastille. In what year was it built? A. 1989 B. 1969
10. The official n…
The Soul Trembles, Chiharu Shiota Exhibition
Chiharu Shiota
Born in Osaka, Japan in 1972, Chiharu Shiota has been living and working in Berlin since 1997. She initially studied painting in Kyoto but, realizing that this medium had too many constraints and too much history to her taste, she turned to woven thread, making it her own paintbrush. In her work, she takes her personal experience and turns it into a universal one, by allowing the viewer to project their own story onto her work. This stands true for the work featured in the The Soul Trembles, held at the Grand Palais until March 19. Organized in conjunction with the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo, this is the artist’s largest ever exhibition in France. Spanning over 20 years of Shiota’s career and featuring installations, sculptures, photos, drawings and videos of past performances, it is a perfect way to get acquainted with her work. It is also a great opportunity to visit the Grand Palais, which closed in 2021 for renovations and reopened briefly for the Olympic Ga…
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American? Non, French Creations!
Three famous cultural icons you thought were American, but they are really FRENCH creations!!
The song “My Way”
"Comme d'habitude" was the original name for the Frank Sinatra hit “My Way”. It was composed in 1967 by Jacques Revaux, with lyrics by Claude François and Gilles Thibaut. It is a French song about routine in a relationship and falling out of love. It referenced Claude François’s recent breakup with fellow French singer France Gall. It was quite a success for François and later Florent Pagny who covered it in 1989.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w22haP4hgsQ
Paul Anka heard the song while listening to French radio and then bought the rights. Anka wrote the English lyrics specifically for Frank Sinatra, who then recorded it in 1969 under the title "My Way". It became one of Frank Sinatra's signature songs which is about making choices along one’s life path and looking back without regret.
The group “Village People”
Village People is an American disco group…
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